Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5]
( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 1. Bail [1268 - 1320.5]
( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. ) ARTICLE 2. Bail Upon Being Held to Answer Before Indictment [1277 - 1281a]
( Article 2 enacted 1872. ) 1277.
When the defendant has been held to answer upon an examination for a public offense, the admission to bail may be by the magistrate by whom he is so held, or by any magistrate who has power to issue the writ of habeas corpus.
(Enacted 1872.)